The Return to Hogwarts

Sa!

Professor Blaine was the first to launch an attack. This time, instead of trying to teleport to another direction, he narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, and sent out a black shadow—the very stone spike that had been targeting George's thigh earlier.

With his silent spells combined with extremely nimble movements, Professor Blaine's casting speed was astonishing.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the stone spike shot out, emitting a chilling shriek as it hurtled toward Hermione's shoulder!

Hermione's long-term training had paid off. She caught sight of the incredibly fast stone spike, and after a moment's thought between dodging and defending, she raised her wrist to create an armored barrier, stopping the stone spike when it was still twenty feet away from her!

boom!

A powerful, resounding voice rang out, and the violent surge of magic caused Hermione to stagger backward, her vision blurring. Yet, a hint of joy remained on her face, for the scattered fragments proved that she had blocked Professor Blaine's attack!

Many young wizards were invigorated by this, as Granger's successful defense proved that they were not easily defeated. However, what happened next showed them what true devastation meant!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Professor Blaine deftly flicked his wrist, and the scattered pebbles suddenly transformed into hundreds of stone nails that nimbly twirled in mid-air before hurtling towards Potter with a sharp whooshing sound.

The attacks were so varied and numerous that they covered the entire area Harry could dodge, leaving him with no choice but to defend himself!

In the nick of time, Harry erected a barrier in front of him, blocking the dense barrage of stone spikes. However, Professor Blaine was not one to stand idly by. After restraining Harry, he used the same trick again and suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Neville and Ginny heard the noise behind them, but they didn't dare to turn around. They kept in mind Harry's instructions and guarded their backs. Neville, in particular, widened his eyes and desperately resisted the urge to turn around. Then, a cold face suddenly appeared in front of him, almost touching his body!

"what!"

Neville screamed in terror and tried to pull his wand back, but Professor Blaine grabbed his wand and simultaneously shot out a rope from the tip of his own wand, quickly binding Neville tightly and causing him to fall heavily to the ground.

To be fair, Ginny reacted very quickly. After realizing Neville was being attacked, she completed the spell almost in the blink of an eye, and a flood of bats surged from the tip of her staff. However, Professor Blaine seemed to have anticipated this. He didn't stay in front of Neville for more than half a second. Then, he quickly dodged to the side, avoided the flood, and seized the brief moment of Ginny's stiffness after casting the spell, grabbing her throat from the side!

The intense feeling of suffocation caused Ginny's eyes to roll back and her body to convulse.

At this moment, Harry and Hermione finally regained their composure. Neville's painful screams as he fell to the ground made them abandon their defenses and turn around to look back.

"stop!"

Seeing Ginny's pained expression, Harry shouted angrily. Then, Professor Blaine did not let go, but instead pointed his wand at Ginny's eyes and gave them a cruel and cold smile.

"Put down your wand, quick!"

Amosta said coldly, while simultaneously increasing the force in his hand.

Ginny's body convulsed like a fish suffocating out of water, making Harry and Hermione shudder. Without much thought, they dropped their wands.

However, giving up resistance is tantamount to death and will not bring salvation.

Two swift red beams shot out like lightning. Harry and Hermione both rolled their eyes back and collapsed limply to the ground. Less than ten seconds had passed since Professor Blaine launched his attack.

Chapter 585 Humiliation While Queuing

2023-11-10

Whoosh, whoosh!

Two more swift Stunning Spells followed, and Neville and Ginny disappeared from Professor Blaine's mental space, just like Harry and Hermione. Ginny, in particular, was almost struck by Professor Blaine with his wand pressed against her face, a cold and cruel act that terrified everyone.

Professor Blaine's power needs no further explanation, and at Hogwarts, few dare to offend his authority. Moreover, the young wizards have yet to witness such a terrifying side of him!

Now they realized that compared to Professor Blaine, Professors Snape and McGonagall's cold and serious faces in the classroom were almost unbelievably gentle. No one questioned whether it was legal or reasonable for a professor to treat young wizards this way; they were all worried about their own fate. They were trapped in Professor Blaine's mental world and had no choice!

"Now, I'll give you all two more minutes to think about why that group lost—"

Amosta didn't immediately call on the next group of shoppers, but instead gave them a brief respite.

The reason for the failure? What's there to think about? Potter and his friends were no match for you—some of the young wizards thought to themselves.

Professor Blaine faced them, seemingly expecting someone to provide an answer.

"It's Longbottom--"

Millison of Slytherin raised her hand and spoke in a voice far too weak for her appearance.

"He's the one who dragged the team down—I mean, he didn't use a single spell—"

Are there any other answers?

Professor Blaine's expression remained unchanged; he simply asked a question.

"them."

After a suffocating silence, Draco mustered his courage and gritted his teeth, saying...

"They should be more agile. They shouldn't just stand there like fools, they should..."

Draco frowned. He had some ideas, but they weren't quite right, and he didn't know how to describe them.

"After you launched your attack on Granger, Potter should have seized the opportunity to counterattack instead of waiting for you to launch a second attack. They should have reacted much faster, focusing solely on defense."

Cedric also offered some of his own insights.

The atmosphere became slightly more lively, and one after another, people from various colleges gave their opinions. Some of these opinions were reasonable, while others were completely nonsense. However, Professor Blaine neither affirmed any statement nor denied anyone's views to their face. He simply listened quietly.

"You need to think for yourselves--"

After his inner world quieted down, Professor Blaine spoke slowly.

"You are not machines. You have your own thoughts and your own style, and these will eventually give you your own unique way of fighting. Don't expect me to cram the right answers into your heads exactly as they are."

Professor Blaine said this.

Next up were three dashing young women from Gryffindor: Angelina Johnson, Arya Spinnett, and Katie Bell.

To be honest, they gave Amosta some surprises.

Perhaps because these three girls have worked together for so long in Quidditch, they have an understanding of formations that is beyond the average person. Moreover, their teamwork is also commendable. Having learned from the failures of the Weasley brothers and Granger's teams, they at least understand that in a duel, attack and defense are two different formations, and that they can switch between them quickly, rather than simply assuming a stance and then standing there dumbly.

However, they only realized this, but couldn't switch smoothly like water, so Professor Blaine seized on their weakness.

Professor Blaine had trapped Angelina in the swamp, a sudden turn of events that left Katie and Arya momentarily stunned. They frantically tried to find a way to rescue her, a terrible decision, completely unaware that they needed to leave one of them to deal with Blaine's next attack. They would have been better off abandoning Angelina altogether.

Immediately afterwards, a ball of purple demonic fire surged toward them, and after a piercing scream, the three of them vanished in an instant.

Hufflepuff's team followed suit, but they were indeed a bit slow to adapt, mostly repeating the mistakes of the players who came on stage. The only bright spot was Cedric Diggory.

He was the first young wizard to bravely launch an attack after entering the arena.

A swift Shattering Charm made Professor Blaine dodge to the side, and then, anticipating the direction of Professor Blaine's dodge, a Disarming Charm followed, causing Professor Blaine to swing his wand for the first time and disperse the cursed light.

Of course, Cedric's mistakes were just as brilliant as his strengths. When Professor Blaine appeared on Cho Chang's side, Cedric panicked. He seemed to think that Cho Chang was bound to suffer, so he turned around and tackled her to the ground, trying to shield her from the harm.

This foolish act stunned their teammate Roger, and then Roger watched as Cedric and Cho Chang, piled on top of each other, were pierced through the heart by a stone spear, while he himself was also sent away by an explosion.

There's not much to say about Ravenclaw's team of girls; their performance was neither outstanding nor particularly incompetent. However, Luna's perpetually absent-minded demeanor made Amostah purse his lips. This little one's greatest strength and weakness both stemmed from the influence of her exceptional magical perception.

Draco's team was the first Slytherin to go up, and it was also the last team to surprise Amosta during the test that night.

Hiss, hiss——

With so many teams failing and being eliminated, Draco at least learned one lesson – strike first and you'll be strong!

The moment Professor Blaine announced the start, Draco immediately unleashed his signature move: two black pythons, each as thick as a wrist and five or six feet long, spewed forth from the tip of his staff. One lay across his front, while the other darted out with incredible speed and elusive trajectory, appearing before Professor Blaine in the blink of an eye.

The black python sprang up from its belly, like a compressed spring, and opened its ferocious mouth in mid-air, revealing sharp fangs, heading straight for Professor Blaine's face.

Such a vicious and merciless attack brought a slight smile to Amosta's face. He raised his wand and scattered the black python into wisps of smoke, then countered Draco's attack with a Corruption Curse.

Just as the blue, death-infused spell was about to strike Draco, the black python that had been left in front of him leaped up, swallowed Professor Blaine's spell whole, and then fell back to the ground, convulsing in pain.

As Draco launched his attack, Astoria, the youngest daughter of the Greengrass family, also completed her attack spell—

"Birds flock!"

After a clear shout, hundreds of birds appeared in front of her, each bird's beak gleaming with a cold metallic light. They spread their wings and let out cries. Before Professor Blaine could even strike back and cast his spell, hundreds of birds had already surrounded him!

The timing of this attack alone was enough to take down most adult wizards, and even Amosta's eyes showed a hint of admiration.

However, it was unrealistic to expect that this move would take down Amosta, who was maintaining his strength at the level of an elite Auror. Faced with the all-round encirclement of hundreds of birds, Amosta's arm, which had been lowered, was quickly raised back. In the blink of an eye, he struck the space in front of him. With a strange wave sweeping in all directions, the birds summoned by Astoria fell to the ground one by one as if they had been subjected to a strong gravitational force!

"on!"

Before Professor Blaine dealt with the birds, Draco's group had anticipated that he wouldn't be defeated by such a simple attack. Forming a triangle, they charged forward with great courage. Once the birds obstructing their view were dealt with, Amosta was surprised to find himself rapidly surrounded!

This excellent positioning made Amosta abandon his idea of ​​Apparition to escape the encirclement. He stood still and waited for the three little guys to run to a satisfactory position.

What followed was a rapid and fierce attack. Perhaps eager to achieve success, the pace of the attack was much slower than the initial coordination. However, out of encouragement, Amosta passively defended by moving around and using barriers, while the little guys were left to do their own thing.

This offensive lasted for about a minute, but suddenly—

Astoria's face suddenly turned pale. The light of the disarming spell that had just left her staff tip exploded into a sky full of starlight. A strong sense of dizziness overwhelmed her mind, making it impossible for her to stand up, and she fell directly to the ground.

The sudden change made Draco's heart skip a beat. Instinctively, he and Pansy stopped attacking. Then, the same dizziness and nausea made it impossible for them to stand steadily. The two little guys covered their heads and staggered.

Seeing Professor Blaine approaching with a smile, Draco suppressed the urge to turn and run away, and asked in horror,

When did you poison him?

"Oh, I didn't poison him at all—"

Amosta said with a smile.

"It's because you yourselves didn't fully consider the limits of your own abilities that maintaining such a high level of attack and suppression is extremely taxing on your magic power and stamina, Mr. Malfoy—"

After three painful cries, Draco's party also disappeared from Amosta's mental world.